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Falcons finish strong at state tennis championships

CourtesyThe doubles team of Abriana Rowe (above) and Anjelica Frank won two matches in the CCCAA state championships before falling to the eventual state championship pair from Cerritos in the round of 16.

CourtesyThe doubles team of Anjelica Frank (above) and Abriana Rowe won two matches in the CCCAA state championships before falling to the eventual state championship pair from Cerritos in the round of 16.

CourtesyThe doubles pair of Dan Alves (foreground) and Stephen Morley (in back) advanced to the round of 16 with wins over Bakersfield and Desert.

The Folsom Lake College men’s and women’s tennis teams both sent two singles players and two doubles pairs to the CCCAA State Championship tournament in Ojai and both teams came home with similar results.

In singles, sophomore Anjelica Frank and freshman Stephen Morley both won their respective first-round matches before losing in the round of 32. On the men’s side, the doubles team of Morley and Dan Alves advanced all the way to the round of 16 with wins over Bakersfield and Desert before finally losing to the eventual state runner-up duo from Cerritos. For the women, the team of Frank and Abriana Rowe won their first and second round matches over Fullerton and Desert before losing to the eventual state champions from Cerritos in the round of 16.

The FLC baseball team closed out their regular season schedule on Friday night with 5-3 loss at Sacramento City College, finishing the season in fifth place in the tough Big 8 Conference at 10-14 (25-15 overall).

Despite being held to just two hits, the Falcons led after three innings, 3-0. Following a hit batter, right fielder Aidan Malm’s two-run first inning home run – his 10th of the season – put the Falcons ahead 2-0. They added a run in the third on a walk, a hit batter, and an RBI single by Josh Winkler, which turned out to be the last hit they’d get all night. The Panthers put together a fourth-inning rally with three hits and aided by two Falcon errors that tied the game at 3-3. They added single runs in the fifth and seventh innings to account for the final differential. Falcon starter Shane Gustafson was again sharp but was the victim of fielding errors, as he gave up just one earned run.

Despite their six-game losing streak to finish the season, the Falcons learned Sunday they are seeded seventh in the CCCAA NorCal regional playoffs and will play a best two-out-of-three series at Fresno City College beginning on Friday.